Mark Flaherty

TL;DR: This paper reviews the development of Thailand's marine shrimp culture industry and examines the nature of the environmental impacts that are emerging and the implications these have for rural poor and the long-term viability of the culture industry.

TL;DR: This article used themes from political ecology to develop insights into the billion dollar shrimp aquaculture sector in Thailand and found that corporations can exercise only limited control over shrimp production and that there is no clear trend toward larger operations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development of inland shrimp farming in Thailand and discuss the environmental concerns that have arisen, and assess the capacity of the state to implement a proposed ban, concluding that other countries with irrigated agriculture need to be proactive in prohibiting this activity before it is entrenched in ways that are difficult to reverse either ecologically or politically.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the local ecological knowledge (LEK) of fishers to assess the effectiveness of village-managed FCZs in enhancing fish stocks in the mainstream Mekong River in Khong District, Champasak Province.

TL;DR: The debate over the potential environmental impacts of inland shrimp farming revolves around three key questions: the ability of so-called “closed” production systems to minimize environmental impacts, the capacity of the Thai government to enforce environmental protection regulations, and the potential emergence of cumulative environmental impacts.